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29 Id.
30 See Malewitz, supra note 24.
31 See id.
32 At least two other scholars have highlighted this “chicken-and-egg” problem in
the context of interregional transmission siting. See, e.g ., Jennifer E. Gardner
& Ronald L. Lehr, Wind Energy in the West: Transmission, Operations,
and Market Reforms , 26 WTR Nat. Resources & Env't 13 (Winter 2012);
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33 See Allison Schumacher, et al., Moving Beyond Paralysis: How States and
Regions Are Creating Innovative Transmission Policies for Renewable Energy
Projects , 22 Electricity J. 27 (2009).
34 See id.
35 See id.
36 See generally Francisco J. Barnes, An Open Season Scheme to Develop
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37 See Miriam Sowinski, Practical, Legal, and Economic Barriers to Optimization
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(2011) (describing a cost estimate of a project by American Electric Power).
38 Brown & Rossi, supra note 18 at 758.
39 See Mills, supra note 14 at v.
40 See Duncan & Sovacool, supra note 8 at 296.
41 See Kallies, supra note 7 at 152.
42 See Wright, supra note 32 at 80-81.
43 See Norris & Dennis, supra note 16 at 6.
44 See Gardner & Lehr, supra note 32 at 14 (Winter 2012) (citing Matthew H.
Brown & Richard P. Sedano, Electricity Transmission: A Primer 22 (2004)).
45 For a description of the proposed “bridge to nowhere” and its ultimate demise,
see generally Carl Hulse, Two “Bridges to Nowhere” Tumble Down in Congress ,
New York Times at A19 (Nov. 17, 2005).
46 See Kallies, supra note 7 at 153-54.
47 Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and
Operating Public Utilities , 136 FERC ¶ 61051 (2011).
48 Id.
49 Id. at 440.
50 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Briefing on Order 1000 , Slide 14
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51 See generally Illinois Commerce Commission v. FERC , 2013 WL 2451766
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52 Sonal Patel, Challenges to Order 1000 Filed in Federal Court as President Acts
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54 Id.